Massachusetts State Police

Recent headlines have thrust the Massachusetts State Police into the public eye, opening the agency up to public scrutiny. We asked people in Boston what they think of the agency, and experts about the perception of the agency and what might change the culture.

As the comments to any Massachusetts State Police social media post suggest, it is clear some taxpayers have lost patience with the lack of answers about the death of trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia.

Recap the controversies that have surfaced for the Massachusetts State Police over the last several decades.

The death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia at the Massachusetts State Police Academy is the latest in a long string of scandals for the agency. 

James Feeley, a former high-ranking member of the Winthrop Police Department, confessed in court to being a child rapist and was sentenced to between four and six years in prison.

A former police lieutenant from Winthrop, Massachusetts, who was arrested last year on suspicion of raping a child at his home changed his plea to guilty on Monday. Winthrop Police Lt. James Feeley, 57, entered the plea at a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court and was sentenced to 4-6 years in prison plus five years probation. He will also be…

A former police lieutenant from Winthrop, Massachusetts, arrested last year on suspicion of raping a child at his home is set for a plea change hearing Monday.

The Karen Read trial put a lot of eyes on Massachusetts law enforcement. Now, an author who researches homicides in the state is sharing her thoughts. True crime writer Susan Zalkind says the case exposed something about Massachusetts State Police she has suspected for years. Despite the agency’s 94% homicide solve rate between 2019 and 2023, she says across the…

An author who researches homicides in the Bay State says the Karen Read trial exposed something about Massachusetts State Police she suspected for years.

Broken bones, muscle tears, concussions, even a gunshot wound — those are just some of the injuries sustained by Massachusetts State Police recruits during their training in recent years. After a recruit died following a training exercise in September, the NBC10 Investigators began asking how many other recruits have been injured during training. There have been 185 injuries reported across…

After the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia, the NBC10 Boston Investigators began asking how many other state police recruits had been injured during training.

A Massachusetts state trooper has resigned after allegedly driving under the influence in a car crash in Tewksbury. 

Massachusetts State Police Trooper James Doran, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a car crash Sunday night in Tewksbury, has resigned, the department said.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper, who recently graduated from the academy, was arrested after allegedly crashing into a car while under the influence in Tewksbury Sunday.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a car crash Sunday night in Tewksbury, according to court documents filed by police. James Doran was taken into custody after the 11:12 p.m. report of the crash at Main and Clark streets, which sent two people to the hospital to be evaluated, according to a Tewksbury…

A pile-up crash on Interstate 95 left multiple people injured at the exit with Route 3 in Burlington, Massachusetts, Tuesday, police said. Six vehicles collided on the northbound side of I-95, closing the ramp to Exit 51A, according to Massachusetts State Police. They said there were multiple injuries, but none considered life-threatening. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash,…

Taxpayers are on the hook for a hefty security price tag after the monthslong trial that ended with a hung jury.

Courthouse security for the first Karen Read case cost more than $200,000 in police overtime, according to records shared with NBC10 Boston Thursday.

The newest class of Massachusetts State Police troopers graduated on Wednesday. It’s a bittersweet day, as Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia would have graduated with the class. This day was supposed to be a celebration of Delgado-Garcia achieving his dream of becoming a state trooper, but now, his family and friends are mourning his death from injuries he suffered during a...

Enrique Delgado-Garcia’s Massachusetts State Police Academy class is scheduled to graduate on Wednesday.

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